WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Chapter 330.

AN ACT to incorporate the National Railroad Com-

pany of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That the name and style of this

Name and
style.

company shall be the National Railroad Company

of Maryland.

SEC. 2. And be it, enacted, That the object of this

company shall be to connect Washington with York,

Object.

Pennsylvania, through or near Brookville, by the

most passable and direct railroad communication

practicable.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock

of said company shall be two millions of dollars,

Capital stock.

divided into forty thousand shares of fifty dollars

each.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That John A. Baker,

Wm. H. Tenney, Frederick T. Moor, Richard T.

Merrick, William Thompson, Albert G. Riddle, of

Appointed

the District of Columbia; Alien B. Davis, Mont-

commissioners

gomery Blair, Washington Bowie, Wm. W. Ripley

and Francis Miller, of Montgomery county; Win.

Matthews. Dennis Gaither, Arthur P. Forsyth,

Nimrod B. Dorsey, of Howard county , John K.

Longwell, John E. Smith, Jacob F. McComas and

Thomas F. Shepherd, of Carroll county, be and

they are hereby appointed commissioners, with power

Power and au-

and authority to open books and receive subscrip-

thority.

tions to the capital stock of said company, accord-

ing to the terms set forth in the next succeeding

section of this act.

SEC. 5. And he it enacted, That the said commis-

sioners shall not be less than seven in number; and

they, or a majority of them, may cause books to be

opened for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to

the capital stock of said company, at such time or

times and at such place or places as they may deem

Cause books
opened for

expedient, after having given notice at least once a

subscriptions.

week for three successive weeks in one or more

newspapers published in the county or city in which

books of subscriptions are to be opened as aforesaid.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That upon the first

-opening of said books they shall be kept opened for